Description
Originally released in 2006 as a mini-CDr in a limited edition of 300 signed and numbered copies, this immersive selection of solo recordings by Savage Republic, Scenic and Independent Project Records founder Bruce Licher finally gets the expanded reissue treatment.
Newly packaged in oversized die cut pocket folders complete with various inserts to give a more complete artistic presence to the unique and special music that is being shared. CD packaging is designed by world-renowned graphic design artist Bruce Licher.
The three original tracks "recorded in the summer of '97 on a cassette 4-track" are now accompanied by a fourth instrumental that ventures into atmospheric electronic territory. The bonus track was composed on an old Roland SH-2000 synthesizer Licher found while living in Arizona; it is, rather fittingly, named "Number 09" "an homage to the Beatles' most adventurous piece of experimentation. 'Exploratorium' reclaims equal fondness for the natural and the industrial. This inquisitive approach is made clearer "and intriguing" by the unexpected pairing of the original three tracks with "Number 09". Whereas "Peak", "Going Home" and "The Penstemon Field" eagerly play with stretching the role of guitars and bass, "Number 09" takes its cue from the hypnotic synths of the Human League's 12" from 1979 'The Dignity of Labour' and sets off for an unconstrained sonic trip that goes from the jarring to the meditative. It's a mesmerizing blend of ambient and post-rock, noisy shoegaze and pastoral melodic structures, droning avant-garde and soundtracks at their most.
